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Is Italian Style beef lasagna by Sainsbury’s ultra-processed?

750g Prepared lasagne Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Italian Style beef lasagna by Sainsbury’s

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 50 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

British Beef 23%, Cooked Lasagne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Cows' Milk, Water, Tomato Passata, Tomato, Red Wine 4.5%, Carrot, Onion, Mushroom, Tomato Purée, Mature Cheddar Cheese 2% (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Grape Must), Sugar, Rosemary, Oregano, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, White Pepper, Bay Leaf, including cereals containing gluten, We're sure you'll love this product, Try me! If you don't, simply return for a full refund Or, call our careline 0800 636262, Your statutory rights are not affected, Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London EC1N 2HT and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Upper Galwall Belfast, BT8 6FX using beef from the UK, Want to find out more? ainchurus.co.uk

As written on the pack

British Beef (23%), Cooked Lasagne Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Whole Cows' Milk, Water, Tomato Passata, Tomato, Red Wine (4.5%), Carrot, Onion, Mushroom, Tomato Purée, Mature Cheddar Cheese (2%) (Cows' Milk), Cornflour, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Single Cream (Cows' Milk), Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Balsamic Vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Grape Must Concentrate), Sugar, Rosemary, Oregano, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, White Pepper, Bay Leaf. ! Allergy advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. We're sure you'll love this product. Try me! If you don't, simply return for a full refund Or, call our careline 0800 636262. Your statutory rights are not affected. Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London EC1N 2HT and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Upper Galwall Belfast, BT8 6FX using beef from the UK. Want to find out more? ainchurus.co.uk

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 66 prepared lasagne

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 70% of the prepared lasagne here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 66 prepared lasagne, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00457927, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.